M23 insurgents control one of the planet's largest sources of coltan, a mineral prized by high-tech industries. Dislodging ...

More than 50 House Democrats are calling on the State Department to provide more information about a minerals-for-security ...

The United States has sanctioned an armed group accused of illicit mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as ...

The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) reported that the bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo are ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.S. government on Tuesday sanctioned an armed group accused of illicit trading in minerals in ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo held a national day of remembrance this weekend for what it calls the “Genocost” – a term ...

Learn about sources of continued violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and how the United Nations, African Union, and neighboring countries are struggling to curtail it.

Rwanda-backed rebels have killed at least 80 people in eastern Congo, despite an ongoing peace process, according to ...

The Congolese army accused the Rwanda-backed M23 militia on Tuesday of 'multiple attacks' on its positions in the east, where ...

Wildlife patrols in the Democratic Republic of the Congo saw the endangered monkeys perched in a tree and started filming. Take a look.

Presidents William Ruto and Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe on Wednesday co-chaired a virtual Joint Extraordinary Summit of the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development ...

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday agreed on an outline for the regional economic integration framework, according to the U.S. State Department, as the two countries take steps ...